Humane Society. For the recovery of persons apparently dead by drowning. : Instituted in the year 1774

HUMANE SOCIETY.

FOR THE RECOVERY OF

PERSONS
apparently dead by DROWNING,
Instituted in the Year 1774,

HUMANE SOCIETY.
PATRON

TJie KING’S Moft Excellent MAJESTY.

PRESIDENT,

The R. Hon. the EARL of STAMFORD.

VICE-PRESIDEENTS,
The Rt. Ho N. Loro Beauchamp, M. P.
The Rt« Hon. Lord Willoughby de Broke.
The Ho N. Philip Puesy,.

Sir Joseph Andrews, Bart.

Mr. Alderman Sawbridge, M. P.

J. Ha WKiNs Browne, Efq. M. P.

Mr. Alderman Skinner,

J. C. Lettsom, M. D. — F. R. S. and S . A.
Edward Bridgen, Efq. F. R.. S. and S. A»
Gustavus a. Kempenfelt, Efq.

TREASURER,

Dr. Letts o m.

REGISTER,

Dr. Hawes.

Every benevolent perfon who applies for
the mode of treatment for the recovery of the
drowned, &c. it is to be hoped will be animated
in the humane and patriotic caufe of reftoring life,
as the happinefs of a fond parent may depend upon
the refufcitation of a beloved child, and the fupport
of a numerous family upon... the rejloration of an
induBrious father.

RULES AND ORDERS

O F T H E

HUMANE SOCIETY,

A DESIRE TO PROTRACT THE PERIOD OF
OUR EXISTENCE IS SO PREVALENT
THAT WE DREAD THE APPROACH OF
DISSOLUTION MORE THAN THE
SEVERESTPANGS THAT CAN AFFLICT
©UR NATURE— AS THIS PROPENSITY
IS BOTH NATURAL AND LAUDABLE,

AN INSTITUTION, THAT TENDS
TO PRESERVE THE LIVES OF
MANKIND, MAY JUSTLY CLAIM
THE SUPPORT OF A GENEROUS
AND BENEVOLENT NATION.

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HE HUMANE SOCIETY was in-

ftltuted in the year 1774, for the re¬
covery of perfons apparently drowned, and
has, in the courfe of thirteen years, been
the means of preferving and reftoring the
lives of eight hundred and ninety-feven perfons^.
who otherwife would, in all human pro*
feability, have been loll to the community

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To thofe who know of how much corr-
fequence to a State are the lives of its
fubje^ts, and that there are none who de-
ferve its attention more than the induflrious
and laborious part of the people, it will be
unnecelTary to expatiate on the importance of
an inftitution, which is peculiarly directed
to their prefervation.

It is not, however, to the lower clafs
alone that its benevolent views are confined ;
its aim is to extend affifliance to every cafe of
fufpenjion of the vital powers, and to reftore
to their friends and country, not the poor
only, but thofe of every rank and defcrip-
tion.

The philanthropifi, therefore, mull na¬
turally wifii, that the influence of this So¬
ciety, which is now confined within a very
narrow circle, were extended over thewhole
kingdom ; but this defireable purpofe can¬
not be accomplifhed till the Society is en¬
abled to extend its rewards, lo as to ftimu-
late thofe, from motives of interefl:, who
would not have been a£l:uated by humanity,
to exert themfelves in preferving the lives of
their fellow creatures.

The Humane Society have been produc¬
tive of great public utility, by pointing out
the poffibility of refloring to life numbers
in circumftances, which, in former ages,
through incredulity, culpable inadlivity, or in^^
judicious treatment, were rendered fatal ; and

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6y exciting earneftnefs and expedition in af-
fifting perfons in danger of drowning, in
confeqnence of which very rrtany lives are
annually preferved. — This inftitution alfo, by
inclining the attention of ingenious men to
a fubjedt of fuch importance, muft contri¬
bute not a little to the improvement of me¬
dical fcience , It is now beyond a doubt
that many, who, apparently dead, have re¬
mained unaliifted till they were really fo,
might have been refufcitated, had we been
better acquainted with the certam and uncertain
jigns of deaths the caujes zuhich may fufpend life^
without deftroying ity and the moft probable and
powerful means of refo lnganimatiGn*

If there be - in human nature any fuch
thing as fympathy in the dhlrefles of others ;
if there be a defire to relieve them ; if
there be a pleafure in fo doing fuperior to
all the gratifications of fenfe and palhon ;
and if this pleafure, fo far from bringing
fatiety along with It, increafes upon enjoy¬
ment, and will always bearthereview ; furely,
to thofe who confder how many opportuni¬
ties of removing the mifery, and contribut¬
ing to the happinefs, of mankind, are afforded
by THE Humane Society, it wdil be
needlefs to urge any argument in proof of
its excellence. Let everv parent or child,
HUSBAND or WIFE, let every one who has
experienced the I'enfations of aff'ection or
f'^ienetflop^ only confider for a moment,
and fay, what would be their tranfport, ta-
recover from the jaws of death thofe whorm

See p» 7-.

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they confidered as loft for ever. They know
the extafies they themfelves would fee!, and
they furely would wifh to make others par¬
take in fuch exquiftte enjoyments.

The R.ejl orations^ within the lajl Year

were as follow.

Perfons rejiored to Life

49

Lives preferved,

55

Urfuccefful cafes^

167

The number of lives reflored and prejerved
in the laft year, conftderably exceeds that of
any preceding one, fince the eftablifhment
of this Inftitution.

Mr. Wells, in a letter to Dr. Hawes,,.
obferves as follows — “ To you the pub-
lie are greatly indebted for the eda-
blilhment of the Humane Society ;
“ and I have now the pleafure to write,
“ that cur Society extends its benefits and
“ premiums through the counties of Wor~
cefter^ Gloucefter^ and Shropjhire ; which
has in a few months been produdllve of

SIX PERSONS BEING RESTORED ALIVE,
to their friends and the community.”

*Ihe truly benevolent, philanthropic, and im*
mortal Jonas Hanv/ay countenanced the
Humane Society for feveral years ; and, in
one of his publications, obferves — “ If in
“ fifty families the plan of refufeiiation faved
“ but a fingle life to the community, the
“ nation would be a gainer in a pecuniary
view, and ftili more in point of reputa-
tion, and the cultivation of humanity.”

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The DIRECTORS of this INSTITtT-
TION earneftly recommend the nfe of the
following plain Methods of Treatment, for
the RECOVERY OF THE DROWNED,
OR OTHERWISE SUFFOCATED;
as, in confequence of early unremitted per-
feverance therein, feveral hundred perfons
have been refcued from the watery grave,
and reftored to life, their families, and the
community*-

I. AS foon as the objeft is got out of the
water, the wet cloaths, if the perfon is not
naked at the time of the accident, fhould be
taken off with all poffble expedition, on
the fpot, (unlefs fome convenient houfe be
very near) and a great-coat or two of the
bye-ftaiiders ihould be wrapped round the
body*

If. The unfortunate perfon is to be thus
carefully conveyed in the arms of three or
four men ; or on a bier, to the neareji pub¬
lic or other houfe, where a good fire,
if in the winter feafon, and a warm
bed, can be made ready for its reception. As
the body is conveying to this place, great
attention is to be paid to the pofition of the
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Read ; it muf}ht kept fupported in a natural’
and eafy pofture, and not luffered to hang
down.

III. In cold or moill weather, the body
is to be laid on a inattrals or bed before the
fire, but not too near, or in a moderately
heated room : in warm and fultry weather,
©n a bed only. The body is then to be
furrounded as expeditioully as pollible
with a blanket, and thoroughly dried
with warm coarfe cloths or flannels.

IV. In warm or fultry W'Cather too
much air cannot be admitted. For this
leafon it will be neceflary to fet open
the windows and doors, as cool refrefhing
air is of the greateft importance in the
procefs of refufcitation.

V. Not more than fix perfons are' to be
prefent to apply the proper means ; a greater
number will be ufelefs, and may retard, or
totally prevent, the refloration of life, by ren¬
dering the air of the apartment unwholfome.
It will be neceflary, therefore, to requefl: the
abfence of thofe who attend merely from mo¬
tives of curioflty.

VI. It will be proper for one of the af-
fiflants, with a pair of bellows of the common
fize, applying the pipe a little way up one
noftril, to blow with fome force, in order to
introduce air into the lungs ; at the fame

time

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time the other noflril and the mouth are to be
doled by another affiftant, whilft a third
gently prelTes the cheft with his hands,
after the lungs are obferved to be inflated.
By purfuing this procefs, the noxious and
ftagnant vapours will be expelled, and natu¬
ral breathing imitated. If the pipe of the
bellows be too large, the air maybe blown in
at the mouth, the noftrils at the fame time be¬
ing clofed, fo that it may not efcape that way ;
but the lungs are more eafily filled, and
iiiral breathing better imitated, by blowing
up the noflril,

VII. Let the body ht gently rubbed witL
common fait, or with flannels, fprinkled
with fpirits, as rum or geneva A warm¬
ing-pan heated (the body being furrounded
v/ith flannel) may be lightly moved up and
down the back. Fomentations of hot bran¬
dy are to be applied to the pit of the
niacht loins, Ac. and often renewed. Bot¬
tles filled with hot water, heated tiles co¬
vered with flannel, or hot bricks, may be
efficacioufly applied to the foies of the feet,
palms of the hands, and other parts of the
body. The temples may be rubbed with
fpirits of hartfiiorn, and the noftrils now
and then tickled with a feather ; and fnuff^

Dr. Fothergill, of Bath, in a letter to the Regifter,
advifes, as a potent and adtive Stimulus, the Faten.c
moiftened with Spirits,.

hartjkorn^

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hartfmrn, or eau de luce^ fhould be occafion-
ally applied.

VIII. Tobacco fumes fhould be thrown
up the fundament ; if a fumigaior be not
at hand, the common pipe may anfwer
the purpofe. The operation fliould be
frequently performed, as it is of impor¬
tance ; for the good effedls of this procefs
have been experienced in a variety of in-
fiances. But, fhould the application of to-
bacco-fmoke in this way not be immedi-
ately convenient, or other impediments arife,
clyfiers of this herb, or other acrid infufions
with fait, &c. may be throv/n up with ad¬
vantage.

IX. When thefe means have been em¬
ployed a confiderable time without fuccefs,
and anv brewhoufe or warm bath can be

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readily obtained, the body fhould be care¬
fully conveyed to fuch a place, and remain
in the bath, or furrounded with warm grains,,
for three or four hours.

If a child has been drowned, its body
fhould be wiped perfedlly dry, and imme¬
diately placed in bed between two healthy
perfons. The falutary elfedls of the natural
viral warmth, conveyed in this manner, have
been proved in a variety of fuccelsful cafes.

X. While the various methods of treat¬
ment are employed, the body is to be
well fhakeii every ten minutes, in order to.

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render the procefs of animation more cer«
tainly fucceisful ; and children, in parti¬
cular, are to be much agitated, by taking
hold of their legs and arms frequently
and for a continuance of time. In various
inftances, agitation has forwarded the reco¬
very of boys who have been drowned, and
continued for a confiderable time apparently
dead,

XI. If there he any figns of returning life,
fuch as fighing, gafping, or convulfive
motions, a fpoonful of any warm liquid
may be adminiftered ; and if the a£l of
fwallowing is returned, then a cordial of
warm brandy or wine may be given in
fmall quantities and frequently repeated.

XII. Electricity may be tried by the
judicious and fkilful, as its application does
not prevent nor retard the various modes of
recovery already recommended ; but, on the
Otherhand, will moft probably tend to render
the other means employed more certainly
and more expeditioufly efficacious. — This
llimulus bids fair to prove an important
auxiliary in cafes of fufpended animations ;
and therefore deferves the ferious regard and
attention of the Faculty

The

In a fevere thuncler-ftorm, a houfe in Gray’s-Inn
was ftruck with lightning, and an elderly perfon thrown
with violence from his chair, and taken up for dead, In
this hopeiefs Aale Eleiiricity was performed j by w hicl\ re¬
medy

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The methods which have been fo fully
defcribed, are to be employed with vigour
for two hours, or upwards, although no -fa¬
vourable circumftances fhould arife ; for it
is a vulgar and dangerous opinion to fuppofe
that perfons are irrecoverable, becaufe life
does not foon make its appearance; an opi¬
nion that has configned to the grave an im-
menfe number of the feemingly dead, who
might have been restored to life by re-
J'olution and perfeverance^

Bleeding is never to be employed

IN SUCH CASES, UNLESS BY THE DIRECTION OF
ONE OF THE MEDICAL ASSISTANTS, OR SOME
other RESPECTABLE GENTLEMAN OF THE
FACULTY, WHO HAS PAID ATTENTION TO THE
SUBJECT OF SUSPENDED ANIMATION,

medy the man was at length reftored to life. — See Dr. Do¬
th ekg ill’s Hints on Animation, in the third Edition
of an Addrefs to the King and Parliament, by Dr. Hawes,

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The importance and utility of this inflitu-
tion to the public will be manifeft to thofe
who attend to the number of prefervations
and reilorations ; and the extenfive private
happinefs, of which it is produflive, can be
beft efti mated by the tender parent, the du¬
tiful child, the fond hufband, the afFe^ion-
ate wife, the faithful friend, and the fympa-
thetic citizen of the world.

The MEDICAL GENTLEMEN of
this Institution generoufly attend gratis,
and direfl the various Modes of Treatment
for the Recovery of the Drowned ; the
Directors therefore earneftly recommend
their aflihance to be called in as foon
as poffible, as their profeilional Judgment
will lead them to vary the Flan recom¬
mended as circumftances may require. The
Perfon who calls in the neared: Medical
Assistant *, is always entitled to a Re¬
ward for his Humanity and Attention on
fuch Occalions.

^ See Medical Afllftants.”

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' Th^ directors are extremely desirous

'TO COMPLETE THEIR PH I LAN'T H ROPIC VIEWS,

appointing medical assistants at the

'VARIOUS SEA PORTS, &C. &C. AND ALSO EX¬
TENDING THEIR REWARDS TO VARIOUS KINDS
OF APPARENT SUDDEN DEATH.

In order to excite an earnest

ATTENTION TO THE APP AR E NTL Y D E AD ^
it may be proper to obferve, that hnce the
eftablilliment of the Humane .Society,

MORE THAN TWO THIRDS of tliofe, wllO

a few years ago would have been interred as
Inantmate co^-jts^ are now reftored to their
joyful relations and friends ! Among thefe
many were induftrous heai s of numerous fa~
who would have become a parochial
'charge, had not their valuable lives been
thus preferved ! Many were heedlejs infant
wandering from their parents, who, but for
this inflitution, would never have retuined !
Others were Suicides^ ruihing into eternity in
a flate ofnnind the moft unfit to appear be¬
fore the tribunal of their Judge I

The above means of reforailon are applicable
io various other cafes of apparent death ; whether
f om hangings apopledJic and cowulftve fiis^ intenfe
coldy fuffocation by damps^ or noxious vapours
proceeding from coal-mines^ the confined air of
welhy ctjierns^ caverns, or the mujl of ferment-
Ing liquors.

HU-

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HUMANE SOCIETY-PRIZE MEDALS.

Lo NDON Coffee-House, March, 9, 1787.

HUMANE SOCIETY.

GENERAL COURT of DIRECTORS.
E. BRIDGE N, Efq, F. R. S. and V. P.

IN THE CHAIR.

RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY,

THAT, in order to invite the learned to
the important ftudy of Suspended Animation,
and to point out the moji judicious modes of pradiice
at fuch an alarming period as that of apparent
death, an FIonorary Gold Medal be offered
for t\\t befi original Ejfay \ and a Silver Medal
for the fecond in point of merit on this intereiling
fubjefl.

Thefe Effays mufl: be fent to Dr, Hawes,
Bury llreet, St. Mary-Axe, London, on or be¬
fore the lirft week in March, 1788, without a
name ; but with fome correfponding mark on the
outlide of an inclofed fealed paper, in which
the author’s name is to be written — Such Differ-
tations as are not approved, fhall remain in the
hands of the Regifter ; and on not being called
for ^doithin three months after the decihon, fhall be
deftroyed.

The determination of the merits of the Effays
will be veiled in three or more refpeiftable Medical
Gentlemen ; and the fuccefsful ones are to be pub-
lifhed by the Society ; unlefs the authors fhall
think proper to print them at their own expence.

EDWARD BRIDGEN, Chairman.

{Signed by order)

W. HAWES, Register.
B 2 Re-

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J^ejle^lons on premature Deaths and premature

Interment*

Jnferted at the particular requeji of the Gemral Court

of DireBors,

Dr. HAVVES moft earneftly requefls
the attention of the public ; as every
individual is maiertally interejled in the fubfe-
quent obfervations.

It has been proved, beyond a doubt, that in
various inflances of apparent fudden death,
and even in certain diseases, a fufpen-
iion of the vital powers may take place, in¬
dependent of the abfolute extin£lion of life;
and it is now an eflablifhed maxim, that
the coldnefs of the body^ the frigidity of the
lirnhs, and the abolition of the external fenfet,
are very dubious and fallacious figns of death.
It is not, then, to be wondered at, that the
abfurd and pernicious cuftom of laying-out
the bodies of perfons fuppofed to be dead,
as fooii as refpiratlon ceafes, fhould have oc-
calioned the premature dijjolution of great
numbers of the human race. For, it is a
melancholy fa6f, corroborated by daily ob-
fervation, that on the appearance of death,
the lick chamber is generally deferted by
friends and relatives ; and the apparently
dead, though often living body^ conligned to,
the care of thofe who are leaf! anxious for
the prefervation of life ; the conlequence is,
that the hcd-cloaths are immediately removed^ the
body expofed to the furrounding air, and the vital
/park for ever extlnguifhed.

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Tn order to guard mankind againfl: the fal¬
lacious appearances of death, thofe circnm-
ftances will be briefly mentioned, in which
its refemblance may, and does frequently
occur ; and the writer hopes that this brief
addrefs, diflated by motives of philanthropy,
will have its due weight with the public ;
fince, from a proper attention to the follow¬
ing obfervations, a father may be reflored to
his numerous family, children to their fond
parents, and the moft valuable members of
the community to their , ufeful and active
purfuits in life.

ift. In Apoplexies, T r a. n c e s.
Syncope, and Fits, arifing from violent
agitation of the mind, and terminating in ap¬
parent death, the return of life may be every
now and then efFe6t:ed by the attendance of
fkilful praffitioners.

2d. Convulsions have caufed an im-
nienfe number of children to be prematurely
committed to the grave ; and it is a pleafing
truth, that, in confequence of lectures
ON SUSPENDED ANIMATION, many of the
infant race have been reftored to life.

3d. On OPIUM or spirits producing a
ftate of infenlibility, and the appearance of
death, Immediate judicious advice may refcue
numbers from an untimely grave.

4th. Persons advanced in years, in
confequence of profufe evacuations, often
become fo debilitated as to fall into an
apparent flate of death ; but medical means,
inftantaneoufly applied, may, even in fuch
cafes, bring about refufcitation.

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5th. Malignant and Nervous Fevers,
and the Confluent Small-Pox, often
terminate in a flate, which bears fo clofe an
affinity to that of death, as to deceive the
attendants, and induce them to fend for the
undertaker ; when, on the firfl fufpenlioii
of the vital powers, the fuccours of the medi¬
cal art would often produce the return of life.

The various circumftances , in which the
flate of apparent death may take place,
have been defcribed ; it is therefore hoped,
that prudence, humanity, and natural affec¬
tion, will fo far prevail, as to induce rela¬
tives and friends to confult the Faculty
on the appearance of death in confequence bf
apoplexy, fyncope, trances, the convuffions
of infants, he.. ; as by fuch a conduct the
moll valuable lives may be preferved.

^ The necessity of receiving house?,
where an apparatus and every thing fuitable and
requifite tofiipport the philanthropic efforts of the
P’acolty would be readily furnifned, appears evident
to demonftration. — The beft means for eflablifhing
fach afylums for the fudden and dreadful calamities
incident to human nature, would be an interference
of the legiflature : it is an objedf worthy of their
confideration as a politic and humane body of
men — See the .third Edition of an Addrefs to the
King and Parliament on prefrnjing the linoa of
the inh^hitants of Great Britain, /jv Dr. Hawes.

EXTRA-

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EXrPvAORDIMARY INSTANCES

OF THE

RETURN OF LIFE.

The Kegijler is certain^ that the Friends of
Philanthropy will receive infinite Pleafure on
the psitifial of the following remarkable in^
fiances of refuj citation.

W. T. Efq. of the Middle Temple, as
lie was bathing, the weather being very tem-
pcftuous, was unfortunately taken off his
feet, and, by the waves, carried out to fea
the diftance of a mile before any aihftance could
be given. — Thirty guineas were offered to
fome filhermen to bring the body afhore, but
were refufed, on account of the danger; upon
which Mr. Gregg, Mr. Hobson, and
Mr. Sylvester, three gentlemen, to their
immortal honour, refolved to hazard their
own lives in refcuing their valuable friend ;
their noble and generous efforts providen¬
tially fucceeded ; and they returned with the
apparent corpfe.--Mr. Hall, of Manchefter,
employed the various means of refufcita-
tion, which, in about two hours, produced
a return of life ; and the health of the patient
was gradually reftored. — The above Gen¬
tleman, as the beft token of his regard
and efteem for the Humane Society, has be¬
come a liberal annual benefadfor.

The Honorary Medal was unani-
moufly voted, at the lafl general Court of
Direftors, to the Aledical /ijfifiant.^ for his
humane and fuccefsful exertions.

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Mr. I/ANGSLOWjof Ludlow^ to Dr. Hawes.

ON Monday laft, the fon of Mr. Hughes
fell into the mill-pond, where the water w^as
upwards of nine feet deep ; his lifter went
home [the houfe is about five hundred yards
from the place where the accident happened]
crying violently on the road ; her lamenta¬
tions were ftrft heard by the fervant-maid, who
enquired the caufe of her cries. On the child’s
informing her what had happened, file
haftened to the fpot. but recolledling that
the water was too deep for herfelf alone to
be of ufe, fhe returned to the houfe for James
Morgan, who leaped in, and diving a few
times, difcovered where the body lay, but
owing to the depth of the water, before he
brought it to the furface, made feveral un-
fuccefsful attempts ; a meftenger was then
difpatched to Ludlow, to requeft my aftift-
ance ; and, in the interim, the ufual methods
were employed, fo that in about fifteen mi¬
nutes they perceived fome fmall appearance
of returning life ; but on my arrival, thefe
favourable fymptoms were again declining,
and at one time there was great reafon to
apprehend our hopes would have been fruf-
trated ; however, upon renewing our ex¬
ertions, I had the pleafure in about two
hours to pronounce him out of danger ; and
by the next morning the child w^as per-
fe6lly reftored.

Richard Langslow.

Mr.

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Mr. Langslow’s Second Letter to the-

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Register.

S I R,

I HAVE paid the rewards of the Hu^
mane Society in the manner you men¬
tioned. James Morgan, who dived fever al
times and at laft brought up the body, car¬
ried the apparent corpfe home, and em¬
ployed the mode of treatment, which re-
ftored a living child to its diftrefled parents,
has received the principal reward ; and
tlie affillants have had their due propor¬
tions.

All the parties concerned in the recovery
beg leave to return their bed thanks to the
D IRECTORS for their beneficence. The
generous conduct of the Committee will
induce me to make it my ftudy to pro¬
mote one of the mod laudable inditutions
ever edablifhed in, this kingdom.

I am,.

Sir, yours, &c.

RicHAPvD Langslow^

tudlovJi Sept> 19.

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To the Treasurer.

Sir,

THE firfl time I had the pleafure to hear
of the ehablifhment of your Laudable So¬
ciety, I was inftantly hruck with the highefl
veneration for its honourable friends. Cer¬
tainly fuch an inftanee of imlverfal humanity
has rarely been equalled in the annals of
hiflory.

A Buchanon, being on duty in fhifting
the jibs, was thrown overboard, and before
he reached the water his head pitched againft
the Ihrouds- The boat was got out to his
affiftance with all poffible fpeed, but unfor*
tunately filled along-lide, owing to the con-
fulion of the men upon the accident ; fhe
was obliged to be hauled up again, and emp¬
tied ; this loft much time ; the men found
him turned upon his face, and the vital heat
feemed entirely extinguiftied.

The various methods advifed by the
Humane Society were employed for upwards
of lialf an hour, when feeble figns of return¬
ing life appeared, and my patient gradually
recovered, fo that in a few days he was as fit
for duty as any man on board .

THOMAS GRAHAM.

From the time of the accident to that of his being;
bronght on board, was exacflly ’Twenty -fevcn minuter ; and
when put on board, he was to all appearance a dead man.

JAMES

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JAMES FARREN, a failor, was reflored
from apparent death by Mr. Anderson,
Surgeon to his Majefty’s Hiip the Inflexible ;
and this gentleman concludes his letter with
the following ftriking words : — This is the
THIRD TIME / have effedjsexperienced the happy
of the benign injiitutlon*

The preceding Gafes prove the advantages
that muft accrue to the Navy, if the means recom¬
mended by the Humane Society for the recovery
of the drowned were univerfally adopted, and
fhew them to be worthy of the countenance of
thofe who have the Dire61ion of Maritime affairs.

To Dr, Hawes,

Dear Sir,

The bearer of this letter was the happy in-
ftruraent, in the hands of Providence, of
refcuing from death the fon of an inhabitant
of Peckham^ as will appear by the inciofed
certificate from gentlemen of known probity,
with whom I am well acquanted. I am of
opinion that the perfon who waits on you
juflly and highly merits whatever reward the
Treafurer may be pleafed to confer upon him.

JAMES PORTER.

We, whofe names are hereunto fubfcribed, do recom¬
mend, as a perfon deferving of the rewards offered by the
Humane Society, the bearer, John Baker, who did,
this 1 8th day of Auguf^ at the hazard of his own life,
plunge into a pond, and brought out, apparently deady A.
LuNDEif, and conveyed himto'the houfe of Mr. Moseley^
by whofe afliftance he was reftored.

R. Franklin, 1 , ,

~ D e Churchwardens.
y. Rt’wev, 5

IV, Mojely, T, Cocked, Bennett.

Mr.

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Mr. Harris to the Register.

SiRj

y. Hardy, and R* Sphiner, reflored
P. Kennedy, who fell into the Thames,
and was brought up from the bottom
by means of a pole. The body was carried
into a houfe near the place, and the means
ufed as laid down by your excellent inftitu-
tion. On my affillant’s arrival life, was juft
beginning to return with laborious refpira-
tion ; but even then, his face was very livid,
his body intenfely cold, and the ends of his
fingers quite black. The procefs was conti¬
nued ; and in about a quarter of an hour he
was able to fpeak. d'his feenis to me to be
another of thofe inftances in which, through
divine providence, and the means pointed
out, and Jo general'y djperfed by the Society, a
life has beenfaved^. Wifliing every fuc-
cefs to you, and the Humane Society,

I remain. Sir, yours, he.

May 21, 1787. Sam. Harris.

■ The advantages which accrue to the publick from the
general diflribution of the methods of treatment preferibed
by the Humane Society, are numerous and important, as per-
fons of -every defer iption have thereby an opportunity of
exerting themfelves fuccefsfully in the prefervation and
refloration of the lives of their fellow-creatvu es.

JddrJJed

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AddreJJ'ed io M^JJrs, Corbyk, Brown,

and Co,

Gentlemen,

I fhall efleein it a favour, if you will en¬
quire into the proper mode of application to
the Humane Society, as I have been G fortu¬
nate as to reftore to life a young man, in the
prefence of many refpe£lable perfons

Mr. Undrill^ fent for me to E. Ailday,
who had been under water twenty ?ninut£s ;
there was univerfal coldnefsy no pulfe
nor breathing, I ufed the proper methods
for two hours, when the body became con-
vulfed, and after fome time there was a re¬
turn of heat, pulfation, and refpiration.
The young man is now rejiored to life and
health.

Birmingham, W. Mason,

^ The Committee of Diresflors of the Huma«e Society, at
a very confiderable annual expence, have difperfed over the
kingdom the moft efficacious methods of i-ecovering the
apparently dead, and remarkable fuccefs has crowned their
labours ; of which the above and many other cafes of re-
fufcitation are happy inftances.

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Public benevolence^ hy encouraging the art of
refufeitatien^ has fuccefsfully encountered
the perils of overwhelming zvaters^ pefii-
lential air, and elementary fire ; of which
iaft circumjlance, the fuhfequent Cafes are
rnoji pleajing and convincing proofs.

Mr. Jackson to Dr, Hawes.

Sir,

HAVING had variousopportunitiesof obferving
your generous exertions for the purpofe of preferv-
ing human beings from diflolution, and reiloring
latent animation, I think it incumbent upon me to
lay before you the fubfequent cafe of a youth who
was apparently flruck dead by lightning^.

Being under way near the weft rocks abreaft of
Harwich, at feven o’clock in the evening, the 27th
of July, there came on a very heavy fquall, ac¬
companied with much rain, and violent thunder
and lightning. — Providentially nobody happened
to be at this inftant a-mid-ftiips, except a lad, who
being fick from a firft voyage, was lying under the
long-boat’s fide over the main hatches. The boy
was ftruck motionlefs, and obferving his hat to be
rent in pieces, we concluded he was killed, but by
proper applications he came to himfclf in about an
hour. — For my cwn part, w'hat with the continu¬
ance of the florin, the vapour arifing fr( m ,the
hold, and the fight of the boy, to all appearance
dead at our feet, I confefs that I lully expedted in¬
evitable deftrudfion.

I truft, Sir, that this remarkable recovery may
operate as an encouragement to fimilar exertions
in others of a like nature ; and hope that their la¬
bours may prove equally fuccefsful.

Thomas Jackson,

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Mr. Hayesj io Dr. Hawes,

Sir,

AS an inftance of the great nccefTity of
the Faculty not giving up all hopes of re-
fufcitation on the appearance of death, per«
mit me to hate the fubfequent cafe.™ 1 was
called to a man who had been ftriick dead by
lightning. The eledlric fire firfl fell upon
the roof of a houfe, and was coiidufted tcj
the extremity of the tiles, under which he
was pafiing, by a fheeting of lead.—The
perfon was to all appearance dead, there being
no perceptible fig ns of refpiration or circula¬
tion ; he had received no external injury*
I employed the various modes of treatment
which you had fo judicioufly recommended ;
and, in about half an hour, feeble figns of
refpiration became perceptible, and he was
immediately feized with flrong convul-
fions, a.ttended with efforts to vomit ; upon
which i ordered a mild emetic, and the con-
vulfions gradually declined. In about eight
hours he recovered his fpeech, and in a
day or two was perfedlly refiiored to life and
health.

I have been called to many cafes of
fuddsn death, without proving fucceisful,

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which induced me to attend your valuable
le£lures, though very inconvenient to me in
my extenfive pra£lice and difiant fituation.
I am bound, however, in juftice to declare
that my trouble has been amply compenfated by
the^ improvement and fatisfa6tion I thereby
received. To you, Sir, the world is much
indebted for your valuable refearches into the
art of reftoring fufpended animation.

Thomas Hayes.

Hatnpjlsad,

‘TJoe Editor hopes ^ that, in future,
per Jons under the appearances of dtath will not
be immediately doomed to the grave ; but, that
the Faculty, at fuch alarming periods, will he
confulted ; as by their judicious exertions an im-^
menfe number of our fellow-creatures may bs
reft or ed again to the adlive feenes of life.

Many

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Many perfons in a derpondlng fiate have
hung thcmfelves, and though, on being cut
down, the appearances of death were fo iirong
as to render by-ilanders inattentive to their re¬
covery, yet the Medical Affiftants, on being
Informed of fuch meiancholy events, have in the
moft benevolent manner fuccefsfully employed the
means of Refufcitation. Such philanthropic ex¬
ertions have not only reftored aaimatlon, but alfo
compofure of mind. The two following caies,
occurring nearly at the iTme period, are highly de-
ferving of ferrous regard, as they are powerful
appeals to the good fenle of every profefiional cha¬
racter not to give up haftily the apparently dead»
either in cafes of hanging, drowning, or fuifoca*
tion.

Mr. Carter to the Register. *

When I got to the place, the man who
cut the objedt down, Rated to me that when
he cut the firing, fhe funk about an inch,
and was quite motionlefs ; that it was very
tight about the neck, was made with a run¬
ning noofe, and nearly covered in fome
places by the fwelilng of the parts ; that her
tongue projedled about an inch, was much
fwelled and of a livid colour, and that Ihe
was to ail appearance quite dead— But by re~

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folute perfeverance in the means recom¬
mended by the Humane Society^ in about
four hours ihe was reflored to life, with
which plealing event I have now the hap-
pinefs to acquaint you,

and am Sir, your’s &c.

John Carter*

There were upwards of one hundred fpeflators
who had the fatisfadion of feeing the proper means
employed which fortunately reftored the young
woman alive to her difconfolate friends.

From Mr. Scott to Dr. Hawes.

X. W. X. of the parifh of Hackney, on
^hurfday morning laft was found hanging
by tlie neck, and when cut down was fup-
poled to be dead ; the perfon who cut her
down is a refpeftable charadler, and imme¬
diately applied for my affiflance. I could
not diflinguifli any pulfation or breathing,
and I adopted and perfevered in the means
you have fo fully explained, and reftored
life to my patient.

The

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The pleafure I feel in feeing a poor Ion!
fnatched from perdition, leaves me deftitute
of words to thank yon for the important
inftru£liQns I have received by mv attend¬
ance on your ingenious and valuable courfe

of Lectures on Animation.

*

I am, Sir,

with refpe£l, yours, &c.

Robert Scott#

PETER D ACOSTA, a child, accidentally
fufFocated, and leftored by iVir. Wyat, of
Mansfield-hreet, one of the Medical Af-
liifants.

Mr. Rowley, of Shiffnell, in vShrop-
SHiRE, has lately tranfmitted to the htEcisrpR
the particulars of two perfons found fulfocared in
a potter’s kiln, both of whom were happily re-
ftored to life, by a long perieverance in the
RESUSCITATING PLAN of this inUitution.

RES«»

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RESTORATIONS

FROM

APPAPvENT DEATH,

AND

UNSUCCESSFUL CASES.

IT refohea^ at a General Court of
Directors, all pn fans ^ within five miies of

London, who are entitied to the rewards of the
Society, mud produce a written rccommeudation to
Dr. Hawes, Regifter^ from one of the Medical
Aifidants, wirhin eight days after the accident ;
bur, if it fhould happen at a confiderabic dif-
tance from the Metropolis, one month will be
allowed to apply for the rewards : though as early
an application as poffible is in all cafes expected.

preservations from DROWNING.

The Directors acquaint the Public, that, in
cafes where perfons, in imminent danger of
drow ning, are preferved by the immediate exer¬
tions of w^atermen, &c. the letters addrelled to the
Register muft be figned by three refpedablp
houfe-keepers j and the circumftances fully and
partliulirly menf'oned.

Church-wardens, Ovfrseers, and other
wel]-di(pole t perfon^, are not to fign any

iejiimonial^ except they fhould be J'peHators of the
danger, and the lucv efslul a tempos made to preferve
life; as it is only ?n their pawer, at fuch times, to
afcertain the merit of the claimants.

The MbDiCAL Assist ANTS are earneflly in-
treated to fign no letters of recommenda'-ion, for
the pavnent of the rewaid? of this inlliturion,
unlels tlity fhould be prefent at the lime that im-
med’aie and humane exertions were made by the
common people ;or the prefervation of life.

(dinned by order,)

Pury-fiteet^ W. HaW£S, RegiJIer,

Sit Mufj Axst MEDICAL

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MEDICAL ASSISTANTS.

MIDDLESEX.

LONDON and WESTMINSTER SIDE.

Below London-Bridge*
LIMEHOUSE, Mr, Smith
RatclifFe-crofs, Mr. Patten^ Mr. Cox
Shad well, Mr. Wilfon

Wapping, Mr. Hodgfon, Mr. Williamsy and Mr«
Midford

Manfield-flreet, Mr. Wyat
Goorlman’s-fields, Daniel Williams^ Efq.
Billingfgate, Mr. Vaux *

Tower-hill, Mr. Suek

Between Condon and WefminJIer^
Sambrook-hoLife, Dr. Lettfom
Bury-ftreet, St. Mary Axe, Dr. Havocs
.'Lime-Ereer, Mr* Simpfon
Lawrence-pountney-lane, Mr. Bee
Garlick-hill, Mr. JValford
Sf. Paul’s Church-yard, Vic, Hurkek
pid Filh-llreet, Mr. Armiger
Holborn, Mr. Dimand
Clerkenvvell, Mr. Poyntcr

Strand, Dr, Cooper^ Mr. Beaumont^^ and Mr. Moore
Hanover-ftreet, Hanover-fquare, Dr. 'Jackjon
Whitehall, Mr. Andrews

Weflminfter, MelTrs. Wright^ Hmhurv-t and Alton
Sirutton-ground, Mr. Barton

Above Weft minjier -Bridge,

Chelfea, Dr. Smithy Mr. Kinnard^ Mr. Phippfon
Hammerfmith, Mr. Loveday^ Mr. Terry
Chifwick, Mr. Hedges, Mr. Cu^'tis
Brentford, Mr, Cor/on ^ Mellrs. Oliver and AnfeU,

Iflewortk

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Iflewortli, Mefl’= Dick and Imvood

Twickenham, Mr. Tovdre &nd Mr. Gilchrrji

Hampton, Mr, Griffenhoofe and Mr. Nixong

Laleham, Mr, Birks

Staines, Mr. Pope

Great Marlow, Mr. IraJJj

SERPENTINE RIVER.

Knightfbridge, Mr. Jackfon
Kenlington, Mr. Hardzvicke, Mr, Thompfon
Shepherd-flreer, Mr, Bilhngburji
Qiiebcc-ltreet, Mr. kFljuk

BERK S.

Wind for, Dr. Biddle MelT. AyUtto.x'A Willlamfon

KENT and SURRY SIDE.
Below Londori'Bridge.

ROCHESTER.

Dr. B(ugo.f Meflrs. Thompfon^ Blackjlone^ Coopert
.Djne^ and Rohinfon

S T R O O D.

Barr oV'y Wceks^ ^r\(lBrnndcy
Gravefend, Mr. Cooper., Mr. yor.es, Mr. Kite
Woolwich, Mr. Lnoin, Mr. llickertori, Mr. CoomheSf
Mr, Moore, Mr. Homjhev
D'ptford, IMr. Harr i/or, Mr. Sheri ff'e
Greenwich, Mr. Mills, Mr. Wheeler , Mr, Pocoek
LewiOiam, Mr. Milam
Q^ieen-ilree., Mr. I'Chits
Bermondfev, Mr. Jordan
Sr. Ola ve’s, Mr. H'lViies -And Mr. Leadham
Dockhcad Mr. B ed J)i.rough
Allard’s Point, Mr. Chapman
Botherhithe, Mdlis. Maddox and Gaitjloill, Mr.
Gray, Ml'. Green, Mr. Bungay, and Mr. Buf
re ivs

Black"

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SURRY.

Black-Friars, Mr. Boyfi, Mr. Ridouty Mr. Wood
Lambeth, Mr. Burgefsy Mr. Morgan y Mr, Hyde
Clapham, Mr. Prior
Wandfworth, Mr. PerftSl
Fulham, Mr. Parry ^ Mr, Coghlan
Putney, John Rojey PXo\. yix.Rorris
Mortlake, Mr. DavieSy Mr. King
Batterfea, Mr, Alderman

Richmond, Mr. Jackfony Mr. Smithy Mr. Charlton

Kingfton, Mr. Benneity Mr. HemmsngSy Mr. Smith

Hentey, Mr. Pope^ Mr. Maplcton

Walron, Mr, Carpenter

V/ey bridge, Mr. VVehb

Chert fey, Mr. Wapletofty Mr. Smith

NEW RIVER, ISLINGTON.

Ifllngton, John Hoky Efq. Mr, Churchy Mr. hiaksy
and Mr. Jachfon
Hig^ gate, Mr. Jones
Hoxton, Mr. Pa kinfon
Shoreditch, Mr. D.arnes
Stoke Newington, Mr. Garrett y Mr. Smith
Tottenham, Mr. Holt
Enfield, Mr. Shervoiny Mr, Harrifon
Hackney, Mr. Do^ooningy Mr. Haywardy M^f.
Toulmin

Bow, Mr. Coles y Mr. M'^ilkinjbn

ESSEX.

Waltham- Abbey, Mr, Heron and Mr. Cannon
Stratfotd, MefT. Ho<w and Talhutty Mr. Miller
Colcheller, Dr. Hojfack, Dr. Tappingy Dr. Woody
J, H, Lijlfy Efq. Mr. Stlrlingy Mr. Mr,

Staples y Mr. Wadcy Mr. Nenjuelly Mr, Grattan*
Harwich, Mr. Coxy Mr, Hopkins
Halil ead, Mr. Forbes
St. Ofyth, Mr. Inman

7

Man-

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Manningtree, Mr. Rogers
- - - Dr. Hamilton

HERTFORDSHIRE.

Hertford, Mr. Frojl, Mr. Cutler
Ware, Mr. Burr, Mr. IVelford, Mr,

CheHiunt, Mr. Hooper, Mr. Sanders
Hoddefdon, Mr. Baker

BEDFORD.

Mr. Gadjhy, Mr. Pulley, Mr, Jackfon

SUFFOLK,

Nayland, Mr, Fairclovj
Ead Bergholt, Mr. Simpfon
Boxford, Mr. Jufon
Holbrook, Mr. Buck
Saxmundham, Mr, Cooper
Long-Milford, Mr. Bolton

S FI R E W S B U R Y.

Mr. Cooper, Mr, Sandford, Mr. Lomax, MciF.
ILinnals, Mr. Symons, Mr. Cartuoright, MefI,
Holt and Bromjield, Mr. Rogers, Mr. Lanier,
Mr, Ludor, Mr, Wynne, Mr, Yeomans,

ERIDGENORTH, Mr. Beale, Mr. Stedman
NEWPORT, Mr. Collins, Mr. Jones
WENLOCK, Mr, Granger
COALBROOK-DALE, Mr. Bode7is, Mr, Wright
BROSELY, Mr. Corhet, Mr. Royle, Mr. Wyke
WELLINGl'ON, Cartnjoright, Mr.
SHIFFNELL, Mr. Younge
CHURCH STRETTON, Mr. Lon^floxve
OSWESTRY, Mr. Price, Mr. Griffiths, Mr.
Levans, Mr. Read,

W. HAWES, Register.

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Extracts from the Reports of the Hu man k
^CiQ.i'£.T'{ y from the years 1 783 i 784.
LIVERPOOL.

^.ThE mayor and COpPORATiON OF LIVER-

*

POOL HAVE DONE THEMSELVES IMMORTAL HO¬
NOUR EY THEIR philanthropic EXERTIONa
TO PRESERVE THE LIVES OF THE PEOPLE.

A RECEIVING HOUSE

FOR PURSUING THE VARIOUS PLANS OF RESUS¬
CITATION, WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF A SUR¬
GEON, IS A WORK OF THE UTMOST IMPORTANCE ;
AS, BY IMMEDIATE AND JUDICIOUS AID, GREAT
NUMBERS WILL BE RESCUEDFROM PREMATURE
DISSOLUTION.

NORWICH.

THE MAYOR AND CORPORATION ARE THE
PARTICULAR PATRONS OF THE HUMANE *'
SOCIETY; THEY SUBSCRIBE TO THE SUP¬
PORT OF IT, AND HAVE PURCHASED DRAGS
AND AN APPARATUS SIMILAR TO THOSE USED
IN LONDON, FOR THE LAUDABLE PURPOSE OF

PRESERVING AND RESTORING ANIMATION.

W H 1 t'e'h'a V E N.

REGARDFUL OF OUR MARITIME SITUATlONj,
AND THE DANGERS TO WHICH WE ARE INE¬
VITABLY EXPOSED, IT WAS DEEMED ELI¬
GIBLE TO FORM A CONNECTION WITH THE
LONDON HUMANE SOCIETY; AND, VERY GENE¬
RALLY, XO DISTRIBUTE ITS JUDICIOUS IN¬
STRUCTIONS, PROCURING AT THE SAMS
TIME A COMPLETE APPARATUS FOR THE RE¬
COVERY OF PERSONS APPARENTLY DROWENED*

I M III 1^11

B R 1ST 0,L.

“ THIRTY-ONE ACCIDENTS HAVE OCCUR¬
RED; OF WH ICH NUMBER, FO U R TEEN P E R SON S
HAVE BEEN RESTORED TO LIFE.”

M R. DYER FURTHER OBSERVES..

“ THESE EXERTIONS PROVE CLEARLY,
THAT WE HAVE THE HUMANE OBJECT IN
VIEW, OF RESTORING PERSONS APPARENTLY
DEAD BY DROWNING, WH.ICK YOU HAVE SO
SIGNALLY PATRONISED IN LONDON,”

D S[JB=

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SUBSCRIPTIONS AND BENEFACTIONS,

For carrying on this national and- benevolent
Jign^ are received by the following Banker Sy &c.

The Hon. Baron Dimsdale, Sons, and
Barnard.

Meir. Lang TONS, To wcooDs, and Amor y.
MefTrs. Down, Thornton, and Free.
Meffi's. Drummonds and Co.

Dr. Lettsom, Sambrook-houfe»

Dr. Hawes, Bury^Jlreety St. Mary^j^xe^

AND THE

London Coffee^houje.,

TEN GUINEAS

Conllifute a DireBor for Life ; and

ONE GUINEA

Per Annum, an Annual Dir ell or.

The THIRD E DT T I O N, o£

A N

A D D R E S S

TO THE

KING AND. PARLIAMENT,

O F

GREAT BRITAIN

ON PRESERVING

THE LIVES OF THE INHABITANTS.

To "which are now added

OBSERVATIONS

ON THE

GENERAL BILLS OF MORTALITY.

By W. H A W E S, M. D.

PHYSICIAN to the LONDON and SURRY DISPENSARIES,
REGISTER OF THE HUMANE SOCIETY, AND
READER OF LECTURES ON ANIMATION,

Death may ufurp on Nature many Hours ;

And yet the Fire of Life kindle again

The o’er-preft Spirits. - SHAKSPEARiE.

ALSO

HINTS

FOR

RESTORING ANIMATION,

BY AN IMPROVED PLAN;

AND FOR PRESERVING HEALTH AGAINST THE
PERNICIOUS INFLUENCE OF NOXIOUS VA¬
POURS, OR CONTAMINATED AIR.

In Two Letters to the Author,

By A. FOTHERGILL, M. D. F. R. S,

L O N D ON:

Printed for Dodsley, Cadell, Dilly, and Dennis,

NEW HINTS

RELATIVE TO

THE RECOVERY OF PERSONS DROWNED,
AND APPARENTLY DEAD.

By J O H N FULLER, Surgeon,

Dedicated to Sir William Fordyce, and Dr. Hawes,
Printed for Cadell, in the Strand.

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